Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-06
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MISS AMELIA HAND. of Cape Ase traits 8
House, n. j., was great churc2 dnah city
in health. Now that she is * r,os
has established telephone cqGPsmn s S45 pm pm
her room and the Methodf, IN ''
transmltter Is on the pulpit cC~uh s.ssk
Hand can h"ar everything that cs1ae5tnle :.
also The singing. N~'S.aa
IT Is SAID that a company of well-to- do
san Francisco gamblers propose to add to the
eXcitementa OF the coming legislative session
ut Carson, New, by opening faro bank with
$50 900 in the drawer. Any one entering the
place viii have TO buy $50 worth of CHECKS.
should ne not see fit to play he cnn return the
cheeks on going out and receive his money.
PAUL WILLIAMS, the l2-year-old son of G.
B. Williams, OF Mendon. Mass, has neither
arms nor legs-only stumps from HIS shout
ders. about two inches long, and stumps,
about eight inches long, for legs. Yet he is a
me WI ter, holding pen or brush between
his chln ana one chou der stump, and moving
1T with his head. He is good artist and is
pupil oil high standing in the MendOn high
school,
JOHN Pencil, of Jackson, NO., an aged
German, has made two sound and serviceable
G fins. one for himself and one for his wife,
aud they stand in his house ready for use.
When ms own was finished he tried 1t on, and
Whlcn Is bent AT the knee and stiff, so he made
new cover winch permits HIM TO lie c m
for' ably in the coffin after 1t has been closed
properly,
SAM TEMPLE, a colored citizen of Mont
gomery, sent his Swear Id boy for jug of
whisky. On the way home the boy thought
| that what was good for his father must be
goo Tor him, and he took a pull at The iass
Ihen he took several more, and whexs sr,a )
| nome was stupidly drunk. His mdSAte p.
| aim To bed, and he was undsturbed until the
next morning. Then when she called him he
was dead.
PROF UDsON, a violinst, OF Warren, o..
was engaged to Miss Jenny Thompson of
Copenhagen, when he quit that city for
America. A few weeks ago he sent for her.
ana the day after Christmas she arrived in
Ne" York with her grand piano and many
truhks she was met by her lover, who took
her directly to Warren, wnere three days later
they We're married at The institution where
the husband teaches music.
A Young IRISH SAILOR named WEIGH, in
the United States navy, is ere tited with hav-
ing invented remarkable ami complete life
ouoy. 1t is circular belt in which are
mounted six verticle hollow tubes. These
are On filled with, first, Greek fire in subj
Client quantity TO burn fifty seconds: second,
10 IAN candles that explode every ten sec
onds, and third, with sort Of rocket TO " hiCh
are attached life lines. These, as the rocket
oAplouC5, are projected IN SIX UluerCnJ QlrcC-
IONS giving the drowning man as many
chances for his life.
WRITER in the san Francisco Chronicle
tells of a glass roadbed in the Yellowstone
Park. In II certain part of the park volcanic
glass, or obsidian, abounds, ana to make a
| carriage way fires were built along the pro
| posed route. and then when cold wafer was
| dashed upon the heated surface. thus cooling
1t su deny. the glass broke into fragments,
re- ilyrt a
was formed. The coFfespendenC writes that
| the glass oozes from stlIe ifhGks like gum from
| tree. It's almost bauE, quite Opaque, and
| the edges u. when Ghhpped of at proper
| angle are as shHrp AS razorS. OF it the In
| tools. NV 'tl oc
| WE'LL at Yakutsk, ln1SIheria, has been a
! stand ing puzzle 70 seleptists for many years.
1t was began In ls2Sebpt given up at 80 feet
! because twas still lndrozen earth Then the
| Russian Academy of Sciences continued for
some months the worho Of deepening the well ,
| but stopped when IL had res ched to the ex-
| tent OF some 3Sa' feet, when the ground WIS
! still frozen as hard rs rock. In 1874 the
! academy h al the temperature of the excava-
| ton carefully taken at various depihs az d
| firm the data thus chained the ground was
| estimated to be lrOz n TO a depth of 6l2 feet
! As external cold could not freeze the earth to
| such depth. even in Siberia, biologists have
| concluded that the vel has penetrated a
! frozen formation OF the glacial period which
| has never thawed out.
| IL recent lecture before London institu-
! ton. DIR. b. w Richardson stated that the
wofk of the heart in healthy man ia euuiva-
| lent to the feat of raising Is tons foot per
| hour, l2j tons in twcnty-four hours. The use
/ Of eight ounces of alcohol causes the heart
! work o show an excess IF Jwentv-four foot
| tons. Illustrating this powerful engines
performance by new calculation, he as
! gumed that the blood is thrown out BIZ an
: ~ erage oI siNiy-uine Strokes per minute. and
| at the force Of feet TO each stroke. which
| would give the mlle2 &c OF he bloot through
! the body as POI yards per minute. seveu miles
! per huur, Is mics per day, 6i.320 mile per
wear, 1870 SO miles IN lifeiig1e Of n yea RS
| IL This same long life the great journey of
| the blood would be the result oil the grand
! total of 2, $780, 40 coo heart Deals.
| LIGHTNING FLASHES have sometimes been
/ observed which, starting at one point, have
ended in several. Some mark Die forms OF
| flash have been lately described by Herr
! Leyst, II Pawowsk observatory. In one case
a flash went certain distance in a north
! easterly direction. then divided. the two
/ branches forming au angle Of about Is deCs
! When these mad reached about IS dogs from
| each other. they tUTHed ard united again in
| one line. The path of the lightning TINS
| formed quadrilatcral figure. 1t was further
| observed that the lightning flashed back in
the same path, rs II there were IN pscillatinlr
| discharge. In another Interesting flash, the
/ path Was MT = crooked line, but a Wavy band
! which WAS Ut up four times in succession with
/ equal brllliancv. The time between the sec
/ oDd and third and the third and fourth IL ashes
{ SCENE longer tnan that between TIE first and
second The thunder which followed lasted
/ about eighty seconds.
THE water power Of the falls Of the Mis-
| souri, is marvellous. At low stage, Saint
An,hony's, az the head OF navigation of the
| Mississippi. has flow Of abnut l,000, 900 cubic
! feet per minute and about 5 900 horse now
err. while Great Falls, at low stage, hus a fl wv
| OF about 100000 cubic feet per minute and
! nearly 2, 0C0 900 horIs power. st. Anlhony's
| mas a ia Of about 10 feet: Great Falls and the
! smaller ones above a ia OF over 400 feet ST.
! Anthony has hutonP fan and little room TO
build mi Is. Great Fails has 1--WE We falls
| and extend distance OF seven miles. ST.
! Anthony's foundation is soft Limestone, and
requires great expense to keep IL in place
! ilrrat Fails IA of sand tone. and has not va
ried pcrcerlhle in eighty Gears. st. in
| thuny's Is in dry seisnp- very low. The 1ow
ut Great Falls never fails in volume In
! addition 10 lumber and wheat. the country
| Ar und Great Falls has ncNhaustble re-
sources and facilities for suppl ling wood
| coal iron. IN r"rA'a. st0ch, and al the raw
ma erals conducive 10 a rapid and permanen.
manufacturing growth.
! IHAvE great belief in the efficacy OF FIRE
! engines aGghst mob, rPmarSed an Officer.
| Wei othes damp ardor; few men are brave
! when cold and wet: and tina fact is an ,vetl